Unlike most retirement planning and lifestyle books that focus on investing—or at the other end of the spectrum, on how to get the senior discount on a Grand Slam Breakfast at Denny's—this new book from Jeff Yeager, America's favorite cheapskate, makes the compelling case that you can have a joyous, worry-free retirement by merely spending smart and focusing on what you truly want and expect out of retirement. Combining Yeager's loveable humor and offbeat anecdotes that have garnered him an ever-growing fan base, How to Retire the Cheapskate Way shares hundreds of retirement secrets and tips.
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"What an interesting book, I loved all the hints and help it gave to those of us who don't want to work until we are 90!!"
— Agnes (4 out of 5 stars)
“Jeff Yeager knows the secrets to a worry-free retirement, laying out hundreds of surprising ways to get there and unleashing the inner cheapskate in us all!”
— Jean Chatzky, New York Times bestselling author“On paper, it might seem a difficult task: retire on the cheap while enjoying the standard of living to which you are accustomed or you desire. But Jeff Yeager reports that it’s really possible.”
— Wall Street Journal“If you think you can’t possibly pare even a penny from your budget, you’re not thinking like Jeff Yeager. [The] ‘Ultimate Cheapskate’ reveals his tips for finding big savings…Behold the world’s easiest tetirement-savings plan.”
— AARP, the Magazine“Jeff is the consummate troubador for our clan, offering high-joy, low-cost solutions to life’s challenges.”
— Vicki Robin, coauthor of Your Money, Your Life“Full of practical advice and numerous stories of ‘cheapskates’ who have retired early, this book prompts readers to reexamine how to spend their money. Believing that it’s not how much money you make, but how you spend what you do have that makes the difference between an early retirement, free of debt, or a later one, full of money woes, the author gives simple and sound advice on how to live frugally.”
— Kirkus Reviews" Quick and interesting with some good ideas for an affordable retirement. "
— Barb, 9/30/2013" some quite good advice "
— Gregory, 7/26/2013" Inspiring reminder of how nice life can be when we simplify our lives. "
— Karen, 6/24/2013" It was humorously written, a light breezy style. Yeager gives great examples of people who retired early by avoiding debt, especially paying off the mortgage before you retire. He also gave some great tips on living on less. "
— Vickie, 4/4/2013Jeff Yeager spent twenty-four years working as a CEO and senior executive with national nonprofit organizations in Washington, DC, before launching his career as an author, public speaker, and media personality.
Johnny Heller, winner of numerous Earphones and Audie Awards, was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. He has been a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award winner from 2008 through 2013 and he has been named a top voice of 2008 and 2009 and selected as one of the Top 50 Narrators of the Twentieth Century by AudioFile magazine.